Apple is having a bad year, and so many of its problems are self-inflicted

Apple has nobody to blame but itself for its bad yearTechRepublic’s Karen Roby talks with ZDNet’s Adrian Kingsley-Hughes to figure out exactly where Apple went wrong this year and what steps the company needs to take to try and recover.

Then there was that awkward revelation that some iOS apps had been spying on users. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought the whole reason for a locked down app store was so that apps could be vetted by Apple before going live, so as to prevent this sort of thing from happening? While Apple did force publishers to get their act together, I’m surprised that this sort of thing wasn’t picked up on sooner.

And it makes me wonder what else app developers are getting away with.